You’ve heard the term when pigs fly. How about the one where progressive left-coasters advance legislation requiring insurance companies to define pigs that can’t fly as disabled and eligible for medical intervention? Now, replace pigs with “men” (that should be easy) and fly with “pregnancy” (not as easy).
SB 729, which already was passed in the state Senate in October, would “require large and small group health care service plan contracts and disability insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024, to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and fertility services,” with “infertility” defined as the inability to reproduce “either as an individual or with their partner” without medical intervention, without any consideration of the distinct mechanics by which the two sexes contribute to reproduction, or whether or not a couple is comprised of both sexes.
The bill also declares that “coverage for the treatment of infertility and fertility services shall be provided without discrimination on the basis of” numerous identity factors, including “gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation.”
This is the progressive utopia doing business as California. Where ideology comes first, and the costs don’t matter.
[T]he California Health Benefits Review Program projects the legislation to increase Californians’ annual insurance premiums for employer health plans by more than $330 million annually.
And while it is not unreasonable for a “queer” couple to want to have access to fertility services in the event that they would like to bring another taxpayer into the world to help fund the bottomless pit of government, the lack of clarity is – if nothing else – amusing. Nothing about the bill, as written, dares to suggest that unless you were born female, the resources would be a waste of time, health resources, and money. In fact, it is quite clear. Refusing to cover such costs is a deliberate act of discrimination with – presumably – all the progressive accouterments. Public pillory. The threat of mob justice. Criminal prosecution.
A last straw that could break one or more insurers whose actuaries might decide the risks of doing business in California are too great, and that too might be the point. Socialist Utopias can’t afford to have any competition. Put another way, there can be only one.
